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“This was the darkness in which ghosts and monsters were active, and indeed was not the woman who lived in it… -was she not of a kind with them?”¹

A thunderhead churns in slow-motion, its high clouds billow white against a darkening blue expanse. Bats chirp a chorus under a bayou bridge and a falcon circles a slow descent. Thousands of grackles gather on powerlines to watch the end of day: the last rays of sun move across the city as it rises from the desert plain…

Pop artists create video content designed to go viral and to sell albums, but musicians with far smaller budgets than mega-stars are now making videos as well. Looking for ways to get your own work filmed and distributed? Check out my DIY tips to help you get started on NewMusicBox!

The Laboratory of Vocality. My voice is my laboratory— the practice and process, itself, determines the shape of the creative work. I work a lot with a physio ball, focussing on the flexibly and opening of the rib cage by leaning into the ball with my back, sides and full torso.

Scorpions are way cool.. Way. Cool. They glow in the dark. How cool is that? (more on their poetic biology later). January is my month to tap into of ferocity, tenacity, insight, and creative illumination; and a reminder of the deepest and most potent power— an intensity of purpose and vision that is life-sustaining and essential: a creative venom.

Wow! Here we are, the end of 2017 already! Sometimes I do these official-type year-end look backs, sometimes not— this year it feels important to continue to honor my work in the world and the work of collaborators. So....